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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:28 PM Original message |
Dingell's New CAFE Proposal - 14 Years For Cars To Meet New Standards, 17 Years For Trucks |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because 50 mpg in the year 2007 would just be silly. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:35 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, we could never achieve that w/o severely damaging the auto industry . . . |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 12:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Good thing that nobody else on Earth makes those kind of cars |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:35 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Ripped from today's headlines! |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 05:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. The Japanese are afraid of manly vehicles. |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 07:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Yep - way too much chrysanthemum, not nearly enough sword . . . |
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Captain Angry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Wink wink |
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lostnotforgotten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. VW TDI Diesels - Over 50 MPG In Europe Today - Go Figure! |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. 79 Rabbit Diesel did 50MPG |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-05-07 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. maybe dingell is a paid tool of the auto industry ya think? |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 05:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. bingo -Dingell has never met a car executive that he didn't want to hug - he is a major |
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razzleberry (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. 8 MPG trucks and SUVs are the problem, |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 10:10 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Which trucks get 8MPG |
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NickB79 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 05:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My best friend's father gets 8 mpg in his Hummer H2 |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-06-07 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
9. 2-3 MPG increase per year for the next 50 years |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-07-07 06:37 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Don't worry ... |
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